Volcano Watch

January 3, 2015, marks the 32nd anniversary of the ongoing Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption on Kīlauea Volcano's East Rift Zone. Over that time, Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō has...

In discussions about lava diversion, Italy and Iceland are often touted as places where lava flows have been successfully diverted. But what did it...

January is "Volcano Awareness Month."

As lava once again wends its way downslope towards populated areas of lower Puna, we are reminded of the stop-and-start advancement of flows into the...

Fogo, the youngest and most active volcano in the Cape Verde Islands, lies at the western end of a short chain of volcanic islands off the west coast...

Trekkers to the summit were used to seeing explosions, but nothing like this.

U.S. Geological Survey scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), scanning HVO's Kīlauea East Rift Zone webcam images, noted a new breakout...

The past several weeks have been full of suspense and emotion for residents of the lower Puna District of the Island of Hawai‘i. Rather than being...

With the June 27th lava flow entering Pāhoa this past week, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) and Hawai‘i County Civil Defense have been...

Just over a week ago Kīlauea Volcano's June 27th lava flow was barely moving forward, but then it surged into Pāhoa. With that in mind, the USGS...